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enHow to Use Transitions in Premiere Elementshttp://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_use_transitions_premiere_elements
<!--paging_filter--><p>When filmmaking was in its infancy, making transitions was a tricky prospect. You had to do it all “in the real world,” so to speak, by superimposing two projected videos and recording the result. Needless to say, it was hard work and only used in specific parts of the film — such as the end of a scene — but once the effect was done, it was done. If it was off by a few frames, unless you could afford to reshoot the transition, that was that.&nbsp;</p><p>These days, with the advent of digital desktop video editing, the process is infinitely simpler. You can choose where to apply the transition, alter it as you please, and even replace it with a different one that’s more to your liking. In comparison to what you had to work with before, your options are practically limitless, and it’s all fairly easy to do, too.</p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_main.png" width="620" height="388" /></p><p>As you’d expect, you’re not limited to a basic cross-dissolve with Adobe Premiere Elements 12. In fact, you can choose between no less than 53 different types of transition (nine of which are available in Quick mode; the rest you’ll find in Expert mode) to make your project as visually stimulating as possible. Remember to use them sparingly, though. There is such a thing as too much sparkle, and this could end up distracting your audience from the story you’re trying to tell.</p><p>This month, we show you where to find the transitions and how to use and alter them to suit your needs. The methods detailed work just as well in Quick and Expert mode, but we work in Quick mode for the purposes of this exercise.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>1. The Transitions Menu</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_1.png" width="620" height="293" /></p><p>Open or create a project with at least two video clips in it. The transitions are located in the bottom toolbar, in a menu appropriately called Transitions. Click on it to see the various options at your disposal. You can resize the menu by dragging its top edge up or down.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>2. Previewing Transitions</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_2.png" width="620" height="403" /></p><p>You’re presented with a series of thumbnails, each bearing a title describing the transition. It’s often hard to get an idea of a motion effect with a static thumbnail, though, so click on one to get an animated preview of the transition. You can only animate one at a time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>3. Drag and Drop</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_3.png" /></p><p>Drag the transition onto your project. As you do, the menu closes and a thick green line appears along an edit point. Keep moving your cursor until that line is between the two clips you want to apply a transition to. Once you’re there, release the mouse button.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>4. Timing</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_4.png" /></p><p>A menu called Transition Adjustments appears over your chosen edit point. You can choose the transition duration in seconds. If one second is too long, you can forgo the up/down arrows and type in a value such as, say, 0.5, to give you a half-second transition.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>5. Alignment</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_5.png" width="620" height="394" /></p><p>The alignment determines when the transition starts and ends. Left Clip means the transition takes place at the end of the first clip; Between Clips, the transition’s duration is spread between both; Right Clip means the transition is only over the second clip.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>6. Square Display</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_6.png" /></p><p>Select an alignment and click Done. Depending on the alignment chosen, there’s a small thumbnail square on the left clip, half a square on either side, or one on the right clip. Move the playhead a little to the left and tap the spacebar to see a preview.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>7. Alteration</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_7.png" width="620" height="357" /></p><p>Obviously, it’s only when you play it that you see whether a transition works. If you’d like to make changes, double-click the small square mentioned earlier. This reopens the Transition Adjustments window so you can make alterations. Click Done to preview your changes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>8. A New Transition</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/07/howtopremiere_8.png" /></p><p>To see what another effect looks like, select a new one from the Transitions menu and drag it to the same edit point. The duration and alignment settings are preserved from your previous transition, but the new look takes precedence. Click Done to see what it looks like.</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_use_transitions_premiere_elements#commentsAdobe Premiere Elements 12EditingFilmMoviePremiere ElementstransitionsMacHow-TosTue, 08 Jul 2014 23:31:34 +0000Steve Paris20283 at http://www.maclife.comHow to Make Animated Transitions in Keynotehttp://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_make_animated_transitions_keynote
<!--paging_filter--><h3>Make Keynote presentations more interesting with text transformation effects</h3><p>Keynote makes creating presentations fun and the presentations themselves more interesting and engaging. Sometimes, however, the content of your slideshow tests even Apple’s powerful presentation tool when it comes to an aesthetically pleasing product. For example, if your slideshow doesn’t include many images (or none at all) and needs to display a lot of facts and figures, the Keynote templates, attractive as they are, will be hard pressed to keep your slides monotony-free. <br /><br />Fortunately, there is a way to make even text more interesting in a Keynote slideshow. Like Magic Move for images, the Text Effects transitions in Keynote make it possible to dynamically shift between text-heavy slides in a visually engaging way.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/files/u307916/2012/Online/MacFormatHowTos/iworktransitions.jpg" width="620" height="388" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Keynote text transitions enhance image-less slideshows.</strong></p><p>In this tutorial we’ll be using the Anagram text effect that analyses text on the two slides you are switching between and finds similar letters on each. As the transition takes place, the text on the first and second slide are merged with letters disappearing and new letters appearing until the second slide is completely shown. Obviously, having a source slide and target slide with a similar layout and similar words will enhance this effect, but it can be used as a transition between almost any two slides that both include text. <br /><br />With these text effects in place, slideshows that would have once been dull affairs packed with blocks of text appearing one after another now become more exciting. Even without images in your slideshow, switching between text in an interesting way will focus attention on the information. With each text effect transition being unique to the two slides you are moving between, you can be sure that your presentation will impress.&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_make_animated_transitions_keynote#commentsGalleryAnimationiWorkkeynotetransitionsMacHow-TosWed, 16 May 2012 15:16:10 +0000Ben Harvell14071 at http://www.maclife.comFlipShare Rides Off Into Sunset, Hands Video Sharing Keys to Givithttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/flipshare_rides_sunset_hands_video_sharing_keys_givit
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/welcome_flipshare_users_200px.png" alt="Welcome FlipShare users" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />Remember Flip, the diminutive digital camcorder whose short life was snuffed out by a combination of mismanagement and the advent of smartphones that could record higher-quality HD video? The cameras are still six feet under, and as of this week, so is the companion FlipShare service.<br /><br />Flip Video master Cisco Systems has sent an email to users of <a href="https://www.flipshare.com/login.aspx" target="_blank">FlipShare</a> announcing that the sun is finally setting on the video sharing service, which was a companion to the hardware itself and allowed users to share their videos with loved ones as sort of a more private kind of YouTube. It’s a bit of a sad ending to cap off the once-mighty Flip camcorder that just a short time ago revolutionized on-the-go video recording.<br /><br />“Thank you for your loyalty and support of Flip Video,” the email begins. “Starting March 15, 2012, videos shared through email or FlipShare groups will only be available online for viewing and downloading for 30 days after being sent. At the same time, older videos that you might have shared more than 30 days in the past will also expire.<br /><br />“Remember, the original videos that you have stored on your computer are not affected and you can use FlipShare to re-share these videos, as well as allowing your friends and family to download these videos for permanent storage at any point in that 30 days,” the notice continues.<br /><br />While FlipShare may be going away, they’re handing the keys to their castle over to Givit, a mobile video sharing service currently offering an iOS app as part of their business model.<br /><br />“We know that many of you are looking for a way to store your videos online for a longer period of time,” Cisco explains. “Today we are happy to announce a new offering called Givit, an alternative service to FlipShare, through which you can share and store videos online for more than 30 days. You can also import your previously shared FlipShare videos to Givit to keep them online for your friends and family to view. Givit is a long-standing technology partner of Cisco, but Givit is not part of Cisco.”<br /><br />More information on the FlipShare to Givit transition <a href="http://www.givit.com/flip/" target="_blank">can be found on the Givit website</a>, including <a href="http://www.givit.com/flipshare-migration-details/" target="_blank">full details on migrating videos to their service</a>, which comes with 2GB of free cloud storage. Additional premium packages are also available ranging from 10GB ($29.99 per year) to 50GB ($99.99 per year), and FlipShare users will get double the storage space with any paid upgrade.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Cisco will continue to provide technical support for Flip cameras as well as the FlipShare service until December 31, 2013; <a href="http://support.theflip.com/en-us/home" target="_blank">a FAQ page documenting the changes is available on the Flip support website</a>.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/flipshare_rides_sunset_hands_video_sharing_keys_givit#commentsNewscamcordersCiscodigital video camerafile migrationFlipFlipShareGivithome videotransitionsvideo sharingMacFri, 16 Mar 2012 12:26:55 +0000J.R. Bookwalter13562 at http://www.maclife.comJ.C. Penney Snags Ron Johnson from Applehttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/jc_penney_snags_ron_johnson_apple
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220907/ronjohnson.jpg" alt="ronjohnson" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />We all know about the continued success of Apple's retail store operations.&nbsp; It seems everytime one walks into an Apple store, the amount of people per square foot also present can be astounding.&nbsp; That said, another retailer is hoping to bring the same magic and mystique to their stores, as J.C. Penney has tagged Ron Johnson of Apple as its next chief executive.<br /><br />It will certainly be an interesting switch for Johnson, going from the spaces of iPhones and iPads to Penney's floors of product lined up everywhere.&nbsp; <br /><br />How Apple responds to Johnson's departure could be interesting, as Cupertino has put a large emphasis on their stores, and continues to expand internationally.&nbsp; Apple has also been continually looking to their top managers with CEO Steve Jobs on medical leave.<br /><br />The plan is for Johnson, 52 years old, to take over on November 1, where he will succeed Myron Ullman, 64, who has been the chief executive for over six years.&nbsp; Ullman will stay on as executive chairman.<br /><br />Wall Street investors seemed to give the move their seal of approval as Penney's shares went up 17.5 percent on Tuesday to $35.37, which added more than $1.2 billion to Penney's market value.<br /><br />Why leave the U.S.'s second most valuable company though?&nbsp; Johnson stated he was wanting a new challenge, and decided to leave Apple at a high point.&nbsp; "The department store is kind of king of the hill in most countries I go to," he said.&nbsp; "They should be the leader, and that's what we want to achieve at J.C. Penney."<br /><br />Interestingly though, Johnson's departure also presents some financial risk to him.&nbsp; The company is issuing him $50 million in stock to compensate for soon-to-vest equity awards that he leaves behind at Apple.&nbsp; Shortly thereafter, Johnson will turn right around and pay just under $50 million for warrants to buy 7.26 million shares of Penney stock.&nbsp; Those warrants can then be exercised six years from now at $29.92 a share, if Johnson can get the stock to go up.&nbsp; If not, then his $50 million is at risk.<br /><br /><em>via <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303848104576385510781132614.html">The Wall Street Journal</a></em><br /><br /><em>Follow this article's author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mtilmann">Matthew Tilmann on Twitter</a></em><br /><br /><em>(Image courtesy of allaboutstevejobs.com)</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/jc_penney_snags_ron_johnson_apple#commentsNewsappleexecutivesJ.C. PenneyretailtransitionsWed, 15 Jun 2011 01:19:28 +0000Matthew Tilmann11370 at http://www.maclife.com